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Maggie Gyllenhaal

Maggie Gyllenhaal (born November 16, 1977), is an American film actress.

She was born in New York, New York, to writer/producer Naomi Foner and director Stephen Gyllenhaal (pronounced "Jill-en-hall"). She has a younger brother Jake, who is also an actor. Both of them attended Columbia University; she graduated in 1999. She is currently dating the actor Peter Sarsgaard.

Her first film roles were directed by her father: Waterland (1992), A Dangerous Woman (1993), and Homegrown (1998). She was in Cecil B. DeMented (a film by John Waters), and co-starred with her brother in Donnie Darko in 2001.

Her break-out role was in Secretary, which earned her a number of nominations and awards including a Golden Globe nomination. She has followed up with roles in Adaptation, John Sayles's Casa de los Babys and Mona Lisa Smile.

Filmography

Year Movie Role Other notes
2005 Stranger than Fiction Pre-production
2006 Monster House Zee Post-Production
2005 Trust the Man Post-production
2005 The Great New Wonderful Emme Post-production
2005 Shall Not Want Sherry Swanson Post-production
2005 Happy Endings Post-production
2004 Criminal Valerie
2004 Strip Search TV
2003 Mona Lisa Smile Giselle Lev
2003 Casa de los babys Jennifer
2002 Confessions of a Dangerous Mind Debbie
2002 Adaptation Caroline Cunningham
2002 40 Days and 40 Nights Sam
2002 Secretary Lee Holloway
2001 Riding in Cars with Boys Amelia Forrester
2001 Donnie Darko Elizabeth Darko
2000 The Pornographer: A Love Story Sidney
2000 Cecil. B. DeMented Raven
2000 The Photographer Mira
1999 Resurrection Mary TV
1998 Homegrown Christina
1998 The Patron Saint of Liars Lorraine Thomas TV
1996 Shattered Mind Clothes clerk TV
1993 A Dangerous Woman Patsy
1992 Waterland Maggie Ruth

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